Articles about Health – Page 5 of 9

Microsoft’s cancer moonshot: Debug the disease as if it’s a computer glitch

Microsoft researchers are doing a bug bash on cancer, complete with software code names like “Project Hanover.” Some of them… Read More

UW spinout wins $225,000 National Science Foundation grant to develop tests for chlamydia, other diseases

Vie Diagnostics, a University of Washington spin out that won last year’s UW business plan competition, has been awarded a $225,000 Small… Read More

As millions visit Rio Olympics, a lack of funding leaves Zika researchers in the dark

Millions of athletes, trainers, and adoring sports fans will fill the streets of Rio today. Champions from around the globe… Read More

Apollo astronauts’ heart disease linked to space radiation, but there’s a big catch

Is deep-space radiation hazardous to your cardiovascular system? A newly published study focusing on the Apollo astronauts suggests that it… Read More

Former Nuance machine learning vet raises $2.5M for AI healthcare startup Saykara

Meet your latest stealthy Seattle startup. The name of the company is Saykara, and it appears to be tackling a very… Read More

Juno Therapeutics resumes cancer clinical trial after removing suspect drug

Seattle-based Juno Therapeutics says it’s resuming a clinical trial of its immunotherapy treatment, a week after the Food and Drug… Read More

Genes from monkey brains shed light on autism and other neurological mysteries

A project led by Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science has mapped out how genes get fired up in key areas… Read More

Dengue fever calling: Researchers forecast disease outbreaks with hotline traffic

Researchers from the University of Washington and elsewhere say they can forecast the rise and fall of dengue fever outbreaks as much… Read More

NASA-funded UW researchers develop kidney-stone zapping technology

Imagine you are an astronaut, chosen for the first manned mission to Mars. After years of preparation, dozens of health… Read More

Watch today: Fred Hutch hosts Cancer ‘Moonshot’ Summit in Seattle to accelerate search for a cure

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy asked Americans to rally around a lofty goal: Landing on the moon. Today, Vice… Read More

Sensoria launches line of smarter sports tops and improved app to monitor heart rate

Smart-garment maker Sensoria has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new line of sports apparel and updated version of… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘Project Premonition’ mosquito trap fights Zika and other diseases ‘1,000 times better’ than other systems

A Microsoft research team is partnering with Harris County in Houston, Texas, to tests a new type of mosquito trap.… Read More

Bill Gates talks Trump and Clinton and his hope to continue global health efforts with either

Bill Gates has spent years working on global health and fighting to eradicate diseases of poverty in developing countries, and in… Read More

Alpine Immune Sciences raises $48 million for cancer and autoimmune treatment

Seattle’s Alpine Immune Sciences says it has closed a $48 million Series A financing round, to fund the development of… Read More

Microsoft analysis of search data could lead to method of alerting people to seek medical guidance

Searching the internet for more information on medical symptoms you’re suffering from may not be the best way to address a real health… Read More

Second-opinion software: Microsoft’s Eric Horvitz on how AI can save patients’ lives

Someday soon, your physician may be second-guessed by an artificial intelligence program – and you’ll probably be healthier for it, according to… Read More

King County launches app that alerts bystanders when someone needs CPR

For most people, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is fatal. When the condition hits, each minute that passes without CPR reduces the chance… Read More

Legacies that save lives: Washington Life Science Hall of Fame gets first members

Six medical pioneers were inducted into the newly created Washington Life Science Hall of Fame today, and although some of… Read More

How your health care will change in 10 (and 100) years: Five predictions from Arivale’s Leroy Hood

Good news: Arivale co-founder Leroy Hood says he can “almost guarantee” there’ll be ways to keep yourself physically and mentally fit… Read More

Limeade utilizes acquisition to launch wellness app that helps companies promote healthy habits

The fruits of Limeade’s first and only acquisition are starting to show. The Bellevue startup today launched a new mobile video… Read More

Why a sewage survey gives the Gates Foundation’s CEO new hope for eliminating diseases through innovation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann thinks a Nigerian health officer’s work collecting sewage is “a thing of beauty.”… Read More

UW geneticist Mary-Claire King gets National Medal of Science and Obama’s praise for cancer research

A quarter-century after her discovery of the BRCA1 breast cancer gene, University of Washington geneticist Mary-Claire King has received the nation’s… Read More

Experts give genetically modified crops a clean bill of health, but it’s complicated

A scientific analysis backed by the National Academies finds no evidence that genetically engineered crops pose heightened health risks or environmental… Read More

Kineta wins $7.2M award to develop antiviral drug focused on Lassa fever

Seattle-based biotech startup Kineta today announced that it won a $7.2 million award to develop an antiviral drug therapy for… Read More

This robot surgeon does a superhuman job on sutures – but there’s a catch

Researchers have programmed a robot to sew up intestines autonomously, with more precision than the typical human surgeon achieves. Right now,… Read More

Microsoft sells 50% stake in Caradigm healthcare startup to GE

Microsoft is no longer an investor in Bellevue-based healthcare startup Caradigm, selling off its stake this month to General Electric.… Read More

Walk this way: New metric from researchers could help kids with cerebral palsy

For more than 20 years, clinicians working with children with cerebral palsy have been gathering “a deluge of data” to… Read More

Why your robotic surgeon will have a human overlord looking over its shoulder

A surgeon peers into a high-definition monitor, studies the ragged edge of a heart valve, and twiddles her fingers in a… Read More

Seattle researchers join forces to study brain injury, aging and dementia

Scientists from Seattle’s Allen Institute for Brain Science, the University of Washington and Group Health Research Institute have put together… Read More

DNA quest finds 13 mystery ‘superheroes’ who are shielded from genetic diseases

Hundreds of diseases have been linked to genetic factors, but now scientists say they’ve found some people who stay healthy… Read More